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Is it possible to have some overlay/window for Sailfish OS to let apps run inside of it?
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Is it possible to have some overlay/window for Sailfish OS to let apps run inside of it?
What exactly do you mean by an overlay window? ScreenTapShot has a floating screenshot button that sits there as an overlay on the rest of the screen.
 

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What exactly do you mean by an overlay window? ScreenTapShot has a floating screenshot button that sits there as an overlay on the rest of the screen.
Yes, ScreenTapShot has it.
What I mean is some sort of patch that makes it possible to run any desired app in an overlay window
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Neat idea, but I don't think you can do it just with any application; you need to specifically draw your application window to the overlay.
 
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You mean floating windows which contain the apps?
 

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WTF is an overlay???
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Originally Posted by juiceme View Post
Neat idea, but I don't think you can do it just with any application; you need to specifically draw your application window to the overlay.
Well, if someone writes some sort of library/patch, I'm sure it will be picked up by many developers here adding it into their own app.

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You mean floating windows which contain the apps?
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WTF is an overlay???
Something that is always on top of other apps.
Install the app ScreenTapShot, and see what that app does.
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patch in compositor can modify window property to overlay, then you can probably scale window as you want and move it to any position.
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